Managing Counsel, Data Center & Infrastructure

Cerebras; United States; Remote; USD 190,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Cerebras Systems is seeking a Managing Counsel, Data Center Infrastructure in the United States to lead data center acquisitions and related development transactions. You will structure and negotiate complex deals and manage long-term infrastructure relationships in partnership with the Global Data Centers team.

Responsibilities include leading end-to-end legal strategy, negotiating leases and connectivity agreements, and advising on regulatory, risk and post-acquisition matters with a hands-on,

Qualifications

• 10+ years of legal experience in data center or infrastructure transactions.
• Experience negotiating complex leases or colocation agreements.
• Familiarity with single-tenant facilities and power arrangements.
• Leading transactions across business and technical teams with urgency.
• Experience negotiating terms on compute infrastructure, power and utilities.
• Diligence, regulatory issues and dispute resolution experience.
• Hands-on, practical judgment as priorities evolve.
• J.D. and active bar admission required.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end legal strategy for data center acquisitions and digital infrastructure transactions.
• Negotiate leases, colocation, development and connectivity agreements.
• Manage long-term relationships with data center operators, lessors, financing sources and customers.
• Advise on post-acquisition matters including construction, equipment, supply chain and disputes.
• Advise on corporate structure, governance and risk for infrastructure transactions.

Skills

Contract Negotiation

Data Center Infra

Regulatory Compliance

Diligence & Transactions

Leadership & Collaboration

Compute Infrastructure Terms

Education

J.D.

Bar Admission

Job description

Cerebras Systems builds the world's largest AI chip, 56 times larger than GPUs. This architecture allows Cerebras to deliver industry-leading training and inference speeds; over 10 times faster than GPU-based hyperscale cloud inference services. This order of magnitude increase in speed is transforming the user experience of AI applications, unlocking real-time iteration and increasing intelligence via additional agentic computation. Cerebras works with the leading model labs, global enterprises, and cutting-edge AI-native startups. OpenAI recently announced a multi-year partnership with Cerebras, to deploy 750 megawatts of scale, transforming key workloads with ultra high-speed inference.

About the role

As Managing Counsel, Data Center Infrastructure you will lead major data center acquisitions and development transactions. Working with the Global Data Centers team, this attorney will structure and negotiate complex deals, including financing components, and manage long-term infrastructure relationships. This visible, hands-on role offers ownership of transactions central to the company’s growth and the opportunity to take on broader strategic responsibility as the business expands.

Responsibilities

• Lead the end-to-end legal strategy for data center acquisitions and other digital infrastructure transactions, including diligence, deal structuring, financing components, negotiation and closing.
• Negotiate single-tenant, powered-shell and build-to-suit leases; colocation, capacity reservation, development and connectivity agreements.
• Manage long-term legal relationships with data center operators and lessors, financing sources and customers purchasing capacity.
• Advise on post-acquisition matters, including construction, design, long-lead equipment, supply chain, regulatory issues and disputes.
• Advise on corporate structure, governance and risk in connection with infrastructure transactions.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of direct legal experience with or at data center providers, neo-clouds or hyperscalers on real estate and physical infrastructure transactions.
• Experience negotiating complex leases or colocation agreements.
• Familiarity with single-tenant facilities and behind-the-meter power arrangements is particularly valuable.
• Track record of leading sophisticated transactions across business and technical teams, managing interdependencies and moving deals forward with urgency.
• Ability to negotiate technical terms involving compute infrastructure, hardware specifications, data center operations, equipment, power and utilities requirements.
• Experience with transaction diligence, regulatory issues and dispute resolution, and the agility to learn adjacent practice areas.
• Practical judgment and a hands-on approach as priorities evolve.
• J.D. and active bar admission required.
• A mix of leading law firm and in-house experience is preferred.

Why Join Cerebras

People who are serious about software make their own hardware. At Cerebras, we have built a breakthrough architecture